NoSugarAdded : There is a 2 step solution to this problem.1. Police respond to report of gun shots.

2. Resident shows the police his range, invites them to try his newest toy, all have a good time, neighbors cited for wasting police time.

At least, it would go that way up here at the other end of the "Snowbird Superhighway".

/ Has a backyard range, similar to DuffBlue's (aka miles of forest in every direction).// My neighbors have much bigger arsenals than I do - Some Saturdays it sounds like "dueling banjos" for 12ga and 30.06./// Those "yokels" have better firearm control than your local PD, yuppie.

Watubi:You don't need to ban it, just require high liability insurance. I'm sure the monthly costs of this would make most people think twice about building one.

IANAL, but my hunch is that such a municipal requirement would run afoul of the state law prohibiting local and county governments from putting *any* restrictions on the use of guns - either de jure or de facto.

I live in Iowa, in a farmhouse, with acres of open land around my preferred shooting venue (my backyard). The corn/bean field south of my house is actually on elevation higher than our acreage, and so we have Mother Earth as our backstop. God bless 'Murica (and suppressors)

Considering all the other laws, this one is a "no brainer". The state has abused its position by forcing everyone and anyone to have permits for anything- every year, we read about how some kid in grade school gets their lemonade stand shut down because they didn't have a business license.

Now think on this, hard: if you were a bad guy and you heard gunshots what are the odd's of you doing a robbery in that neighborhood? Knowing if you pulled any shiat you'd be leaking red stuff?

Provided the range is built with common sense- that is, berms to the front, left and right, in such a way as to absorb the impact of bullets- where's the harm?